Genesee County’s library systems consist of the Genesee District Library’s 20 locations, including one that reopened in Beecher in 2007; the Flint Public Library, with a main library and three branches; and libraries open to the public at the University of Michigan-Flint and Mott Community College.

The Genesee District Library (GDL) also offers a homebound book service through the mail, a Big Bag of Books service for book clubs and has a library for the blind and physically handicapped. In 2008, the GDL opened the Digital Library (http://digital.thegdl.org), bringing 24/7 access to electronic materials to patrons via OverDrive.

• University of Michigan-Flint Frances Wilson Thompson Library: Downtown campus off Harrison and East Kearsley streets, Flint, 762-3400, open to public, but a community borrower’s card that has a fee is required (students and faculty from other local colleges can get an academic resource sharing card), Internet access, copy machines, newspapers, Genesee County archives.